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All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Acts 2:4 Forty days had passed since Jesus’ resurrection. A few more days had passed since Jesus ascended to heaven. And now it was the Feast
Read more →After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. Acts 1:9 Luke was a physician (Colossians 4:14) and wrote with an attention to detail. Details are important when life and death can hang in the balance,
Read more →“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of
Read more →“Simon son of John, do you love me? . . . Feed my sheep.” John 21:17 It was on a seashore where Jesus first called (Simon) Peter to join Him in ministry (Matthew 4:18–20). Peter and his brother, Andrew, were fishermen and were casting nets when Jesus
Read more →“Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John 20:29 Let’s rewind to a previous incident, when Lazarus had just died. Jesus had delayed visiting him in Bethany and even told the disciples twice that Lazarus
Read more →“Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” Luke 24:32 On the very same day that Jesus rose from the dead, two from the larger group of followers were walking the seven miles from
Read more →There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. Matthew 28:2 Before looking at the topic for the day, let’s review the time from Creation to Jesus. The
Read more →Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her. John 20:18 Did you know that Israeli archaeologists recently discovered the ruins of Magdala? This was the hometown of the infamous
Read more →“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!” Luke 24:5b–6a Jesus had been in the grave for two days. Two secret followers, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a wealthy man, and Nicodemus, who was a Pharisee, had prepared
Read more →When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!” Matthew 27:54 It was the 14th day (sunset to the following sunset) in the Jewish month
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